Reducing your carbon footprint – what if you started with sustainable packaging?

Reducing your carbon footprint – what if you started with sustainable packaging?

Ecology is a very important aspect of business for many companies. As such, companies are taking various measures to reduce their carbon footprint. A good green solution for companies is to use eco-friendly packaging.

In the first step towards reducing the carbon footprint of their business, green companies can use eco-friendly packaging, such as eco-friendly cardboard boxes, which are a great alternative to those traditionally used. Proper recycling within the company is also equally important.

Carbon footprint

The carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted as a result of human activity. It is expressed as a unit of carbon dioxide equivalent. The term was coined in the 1990s. All companies should strive to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order to develop a so-called low-carbon economy. Why is this so important? Because it is the main way to prevent global warming.

What can businesses do to reduce their carbon footprint?

Greening a company means taking numerous measures to reduce its carbon footprint. These include reducing material consumption and excess inventory, reducing energy consumption, reducing the use of toxic substances, increasing the proportion of recycling in waste recovery, increasing the proportion of renewable substances and renewable energy sources, and increasing the durability and value of products.

In addition to reducing the carbon footprint, so-called eco-efficiency is also important. The idea is to maintain a company’s existing economic development by offering goods and services at the same level, but with minimal environmental impact.

Green packaging for a green company

Where do you start to become a green business? One green business solution is to use eco-friendly packaging.

RAJA offers eco-friendly packaging such as:

• ecological cardboard boxes
• cardboard envelopes
• cardboard tubes
• paper sacks and bags
• wrapping paper
• ecological parcel fillers
• cardboard dividers
• environmental labels and markings
• self-adhesive paper tapes
• ecological recycled stretch film.

Eco-friendly cardboard boxes are especially those with adjustable heights – just stock a warehouse with one type of box that can be easily adapted to the contents.

Ecopackaging – what is it?

In addition to eco-friendly packaging, it is also worth using eco-pallets and eco-accessories for palletisation. Eco-palletisation is the stacking of goods on pallets in such a way as to improve shipping and using eco-friendly accessories. Eco-friendly pallets are those made of pressed wood, which is 80% recycled. Eco-friendly palletising accessories include: cardboard angles and corners, cardboard dividers, honeycomb cardboard dividers, cardboard safety cones, eco-friendly stretch film made largely from recycled materials.

Why is the use of eco-friendly packaging so important?

This is important in terms of reducing the amount of waste produced. It is also extremely important to use recycling within the company. The use of ecological packaging is even a necessity. Not only business owners themselves are aware of this, but also consumers. Most of them, if given a choice between traditional packaging and ecological packaging, will choose the latter. Such packaging must meet the criterion of using less raw materials during its production, and should therefore be made from recycled materials and be recyclable after use.

Company waste management

Adequate waste management in a company mainly consists of waste segregation and designing for recycling. Segregation is accurate sorting, so that more raw materials can be recovered and sent for recycling. Design for recycling, on the other hand, is the creation of products so that the highest possible recovery rate of raw materials can be achieved after use.